Senior Chemist - Product Development

The Senior Chemist position in our Automotive division is responsible for supporting new product development by completing a variety of exciting activities related to toner development supporting the vehicle refinish segment.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.

This role is not hybrid and will be located at Sherwin-Williams Morikis Global Technology Center located at 6745 Miller Road, Brecksville, OH 44141.

• Independently lead development projects of moderate to high complexity within the Automotive Toner Team.
• Complete product development project(s) within the defined project timelines.
• Lead the development of new products through experimental design, formulation optimization, scale-up, and commercialization activities.
• Develop and optimize pigment dispersion technologies to achieve targeted color, stability, rheology, and application performance requirements.
• Provide support to manufacturing and internal customers as requested.
• Prepare and test paint samples, analyze data and provide conclusions for path forward.
• utilizes internal networks when possible
• Support and follow PCG Stage-Gate and Quality Systems.
• Provide training and guidance to 0 - 2 technicians and/or lower level chemists. Develop the technical skills of team members through on-the-job training.
• Achieve results through use of established laboratory and professional procedures.
• Maintain a safe work area through observance of all laboratory safety procedures and practices.

• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math field.
• Must be able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to determine the difference between colors so you can correctly tint paint to colors desired by customers.
• Computer knowledge for basic inputting, communication, and data analysis.

• 3 years of Automotive experience
• Prior knowledge of Automotive polymers
• Experience operating paint processing equipment (mills)
• Project Leadership experience
• Expertise with structure-property relationship as it pertains to automotive refinish.